You prepare it with few ingredients, it has a cooking time of just 20 minutes, you devour it in seconds! The Savory Pie with Potatoes, Speck, and Smoked Provola is ideal when you don’t have much time to cook. If you want to reduce the cooking time of the potatoes, cut them in half lengthwise so they cook faster. You can use your preferred cold cuts, and the same goes for cheeses, just make sure they aren’t too watery.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 8 People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 1 puff pastry (rectangular weighing approx. 9.35 oz)
- 5.3 oz sliced speck
- 1.3 lbs potatoes (to be peeled)
- 2 tsps coarse salt (in the potato cooking water)
- to taste fine salt (to season the potatoes)
- to taste olive oil (to season the potatoes)
- to taste black pepper (ground to season the potatoes)
- to taste dried oregano (to season the potatoes)
- 8.8 oz smoked provola (in slices)
Steps
Wash, peel, and boil the potatoes in a pot with salted water. They should be soft but not fall apart, which will take about 20 minutes. Let them cool slightly and then cut them into not-too-thick slices.
Place the parchment paper on a rectangular baking tray measuring approx. 12×9 inches, place the puff pastry on top and prick it with a fork.
Place the slices of speck on top of the pastry.
Now place the slices of boiled potatoes on top.
Season with fine salt, olive oil, oregano, and ground black pepper.
Cover everything with the slices of smoked provola.
Bake at 356°F for about 20 minutes.
Tips and Advice
For this Savory Pie, you can use the cold cuts and cheeses you prefer. For cheeses, the important thing is that they aren’t too watery.
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